bethink themselves: Heb. bring back to their heart
We have sinned: Ezra 9:6-7; Nehemiah 1:6, Nehemiah 9:26-30; Job 33:27-28; Psalms 106:6; Isaiah 64:6-12; Jeremiah 3:12-14, Jeremiah 31:18-20; Daniel 9:5-11; Luke 15:18-19
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2 Chronicles 6:37
2 Chronicles 6:37
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